Levelling Up Health and Wellbeing
Yoga 4 All
Finding calm and inner peace
Yoga4all provide physical and mental health services to those living in Southend with a mental or physical health condition, a physical disability, learning disability, older people, children, young people and those adults living on a low income.
Sessions include yoga poses to help participants improve strength and flexibility, as well as relaxation and meditation techniques to promote a feeling of calm and inner peace. Taking place at Leigh on sea community centre, Yoga4All are quickly becoming popular within the community and hope to expand across more locations in the future.
Who's it for?
Under-represented individuals in Southend
Prime Objective:
to help support residents wellbeing
Second Objective:
to provide a peer-to-peer support group
Making yoga more accessible
42
sessions
145
adults
83
children
We know four in five (78%) disabled people would like to be more active, so working with organisations like Yoga4All to provide high quality and adapted sessions to cater for various additional needs is really important to help more residents in Essex Find their Active.Lee Monk, Active Essex Relationship Manager for South Essex
